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Re:Ask HN: Senior developers, what would you tell a younger ... by teekno on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @12:31AM (#13174084)
As a software engineer, I would argue that my liberal arts education is one of my greatest assets.
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Re:Ask HN: Senior developers, what would you tell a younger ... by NotThe1Pct on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @08:25PM (#13181524)
I find that refreshing. But for 50% of liberal arts majors, under and unemployment is a hard reality.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/04/53-of-re...

The problem is not intrinsically the content of the degrees but the fact that there is probably 2x as much graduates being thrown in the market than there are jobs.

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